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Post by stratcat on Jul 7, 2010 8:11:17 GMT -5
...the damn squirrels broke my Peter   !!! I hate it when that happens! |
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Post by jcm05 on Jul 7, 2010 8:16:53 GMT -5
A broken, shriveled peter???!!!  |
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Post by Penny on Jul 7, 2010 8:40:54 GMT -5
A broken, shriveled peter???!!! Yep....nothing worse I'm sure  ;D  .....ah well, next year |
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Post by ozarklady on Jul 7, 2010 10:28:42 GMT -5
Hmm after seeing that list, is Numex Big Jim the same as Numex? If it is with a rating of 3-4,000 scovilles, I may go remove them before they flower!
I want the Anaheim to be the hottest pepper that I grow! Anaheims are great early season, same with the Banana peppers, but late season they are trash. Too hot for anything at all.
I grow Poblano and in my honest opinion mine are equal to the Anaheims in the heat index.
I grow bell peppers, paprika peppers, pimento peppers, cubanelle, banana, anaheim, poblano/ancho, trying the Numex Big Jim and various ones with minimal heat. I find that anaheim has plenty of heat for chili, late in the season they are hot, hot, hot.
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Post by jcm05 on Jul 7, 2010 10:42:18 GMT -5
Fortunately my peter did not shrivel and die, but my Bhut Jolokia did.  |
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Post by Penny on Jul 8, 2010 6:49:54 GMT -5
Fortunately my peter did not shrivel and die, but my Bhut Jolokia did. I lost my bhut too, the 2 that i wanted the most, were the ones that are no longer......figures huh!!  |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jul 8, 2010 7:23:37 GMT -5
That's always the way Penny. Peters and Bhuts...And people say I have XXX rated gardening habits, |
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Post by peppereater on Jul 8, 2010 17:30:01 GMT -5
Numex is basically Anaheim and Big Jim is a giant version of Numex. Big Jim is somewhat hotter than some of the Numex, but there are variations ranging from milder to hotter.
Poblano vary from mild to moderately hot, and some seem to have almost no heat until you get to the veins and seeds, which can be jalapeno hot or else fairly mild. I believe with Poblanos this has more to do with climate than genetics, whereas with anaheim/Numex, I believe it's sometimes genetics as well as region/climate. Banana peppers come in both a sweet and a hot version, and the hot can be nearly jalapeno hot.
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Post by ozarklady on Jul 8, 2010 20:34:13 GMT -5
I have had peppers, both banana and anaheim that were mild early in the season, but got hotter and hotter. By the end of the season, they are pretty fiery for a wimp like me.
The first time that happened, I had hot peppers growing also, and thought they had crossed and made my peppers hot. So, I didn't grow any hot ones, and it still happens. So, it has to just be a characteristic, and I think watering affects them. Like most plants, the more water, the less flavor, so peppers in drought years are alot hotter, at least in my limited experience.
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Post by stratcat on Jul 8, 2010 22:10:31 GMT -5
...so peppers in drought years are alot hotter, at least in my limited experience. Hi, Ozarklady. I read a long time ago if we want to make our peppers hotter, we stress them, especially by underwatering. My peppers are plenty hot! |
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.....ah well, next year 
